Ana Rita Silva Moreira, Juchan Lim, Alicja Urbaniak, Jewel Banik, Katherine Bronson, Alex Lagasse, Linda Hardy, Anessa Haney, Melody Allensworth, Tiffany K Miles, Allen Gies, Stephanie D Byrum, Ania Wilczynska, Ulrich Boehm, Michael Kharas, Christopher Lengner, Melanie C MacNicol, Gwen V Childs, Angus M MacNicol, Angela K Odle
The anterior pituitary controls key biological processes, including growth, metabolism, reproduction and stress responses through distinct cell types that each secrete specific hormones. The anterior pituitary cells show a remarkable level of cell type plasticity that mediates the shifts in hormone producing cell populations that are required to meet organismal needs. The molecular mechanisms underlying pituitary cell plasticity are not well understood. Recent work has implicated the pituitary stem cell populations and specifically, the mRNA binding proteins of the Musashi family in control of pituitary cell type identity...
July 21, 2023: Endocrinology